RSS feed

Select which RSS feed format you would like to use. These options include RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, and Atom 1.0. The default value is RSS 1.0.

Select whether to allow restricted access to the RSS feed. If this is on and public read permission has not been granted to the feed when the user tries to access it, an HTTP 401 unauthorized header will be returned. This feature allows authentication details to be received from the user’s client, be it a browser or a feed reader. These details are then used to sign-in to Matrix and access the feed. If the user does not have read access to the asset, it will be treated as a failed sign-in, and a 404 header will be returned. If authentication is canceled on the user’s client, the Matrix sign-in screen will appear. By default, this option is set to No; hence it is turned off.

Select the asset listing you want to use in your RSS feed.

Specify the number of assets to be included from each asset listing. For example, if this field is set to 15, each asset listing’s top fifteen assets would be included in the RSS feed. The default value is 0, meaning that all of the assets from each asset listing will be included.

Select the keyword replacement you would like to add to the RSS feed from the list provided. If you would like to format a particular keyword or combine keyword replacements, you can use the text box provided on the right-hand side of the drop-down list. For example, if you want to combine the asset short name and version number for the title, you can enter () into the text box.

Select the tag in the RSS feed for which you would like to use the keyword replacement.
For example, if you want to use the asset’s short name as the Title, select the keyword replacement short name of the asset in the field above and select Title in this field. The title tag in the RSS feed will be filled in with the short name of the asset. The list of available tags will change depending on which RSS format is selected on the RSS feed’s Details screen. Some fields are mandatory.

Enter a title for the RSS feed.

Enter the URL to which the title of the RSS feed will link. For example, the asset listing where the content is being sourced from or your site. You can select the asset to get the link from in the first field or enter the link text into the second field. If you are typing in the URL, remember to include the protocol – for example, http:// - otherwise, the link will not work.

Enter a description of the RSS feed.

Enter the URL of the RSS feed for your site.

Enter a title for the image. This field will be used as the ALT tag for the image when the RSS feed is rendered in HTML.

Enter the URL of the image, including the protocol – for example, http:://.

Enter the URL you would like the image to link to when it has been rendered in HTML, for example, your site. You can select the appropriate asset from the asset tree in the first field or enter the link text into the second field. If you are typing in the URL, remember to include the protocol – for example, http:// - otherwise, the link will not work.

Enter a title for the RSS feed. This title may be the same as the name of the asset listing.

Enter the URL of the page that corresponds to the content in the RSS feed. If you have included only one asset listing, you may use the URL of that page. If you have included several asset listings, you may use the URL of the site. You can either select the appropriate asset from the asset tree in the first field or enter the link text into the second field. If you are typing in the URL, remember to include the protocol – for example, http:// - otherwise, the link will not work.

Enter a description of the RSS feed.

Enter a published date for the content of the RSS feed.

Enter the date the content in the RSS feed was last changed.

Enter the RSS feed language, for example, en-au, English (Australia).

Enter the person or company who owns the copyright of the content in the RSS feed, for example, Example Corp Pty Ltd.

Enter the name and email address of the person responsible for the RSS feed, for example, John Smith <jsmith@example.com>.

Enter the name and email address of the person responsible for the content in the RSS feed, for example, John Smith <jsmith@example.com>.

Enter a category that the RSS feed belongs to, for example, Newspapers.

Enter the name of the program that generates the RSS feed; in this case, it is Matrix.

Stands for Time to live. Enter the number of minutes before the RSS feed is refreshed. This time is for the RSS reader the user is using, not for your site.

Enter a title for the image. This field will be used as the alt tag for the image when the RSS feed is rendered in HTML.

Enter the URL of the image, including the protocol – for example, http:://.

Enter the URL you would like the image to link to when it has been rendered in HTML, for example, your site. You can either select the appropriate asset from the asset tree in the first field or enter the link text into the second field. If you are typing in the URL, remember to include the protocol – for example, http:// - otherwise, the link will not work.

Enter a description of the image.

Enter the width of the image. The standard default width is 88, with the maximum being 144.

Enter the height of the image. The standard default height is 31, with the maximum being 400.

Enter a title for the RSS feed. The title can be the same as the name of the asset listing.

Enter the ID for the RSS feed. This ID must be a unique identifier for the feed.

Enter the date the content or RSS feed was last changed.

Enter the link relation type. If this is left blank, the standard relation type is alternate.

Enter the type of link.

Enter the href of the link.

Enter a description or subtitle for the RSS feed.

Enter the person or company who owns the copyright of the content in the RSS feed, for example, Squiz Pty Ltd.

Enter the name of the person who is responsible for the RSS feed.

Enter the email address of the person responsible for the RSS feed, for example, john@example.com.

Enter the category in which the RSS feed belongs.

Enter a label for the category.

Enter the category scheme.

Enter the image for the RSS feed. This field is required.

Select the format type for the RSS feed.

Select the asset listing.

Change this value to 10. A value of 10 means that the ten latest news items will be included in the RSS feed. The following sections describe the minimum number of fields that need to be set up for each RSS feed format type.